New Jersey · Census place 39390
Lavallette borough, NJ
Quick answer
Lavallette borough has 1,836 residents, ranking #473 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $120,938, the median home is worth $1,045,200 and median gross rent runs $3,501 a month.
- Population
- 1,836Lavallette borough residents
- Median household income
- $120,938Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $1,045,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $3,501Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 61.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 82%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Lavallette borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Lavallette borough median would spend about 34.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 8.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 2.9% of residents and 82% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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